Euphemia (disambiguation)

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Euphemia was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD.

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Euphemia, also rendered as Eufemia and Eupham, may also refer to:

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Santa Eufemia may refer to:

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Eufemia may refer to:

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Euphemia, also spelled Eufemia, is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning well spoken, from a combination of the Greek word elements eu , meaning good, and phēmí, meaning to speak. Several early Christian saints were called Euphemia. The name was in vogue in the Anglosphere during the 1800s and has traditionally been particularly well-used in Scotland.

Eufemia is a feminine given name, a variant spelling of Euphemia in different languages.